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N. H. BORGFELDT.

LIFE-RAFT Patented March 21, 1876.

1 i, Y N CH LAS H.)flBORGFELDQFOF .NEW, YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNQBILTQQ-KTHEArr-1 :31pm: FLEXIBLE l IFE SAVING RAFT Assccm' zron I v Mme EM NTEIN:LamE- RA-Fms.

V fiv fib f i gra t of Letlr Patent No. 175,019, dated March 21, 1876;app 1ica.tich filed I r February 19,1876.

ter from sinking with the ship,fwhile the di- -Be it" knc' w n thatI,NIcHoLAs Y'HERMANN rert. connection of the raft with the ship shownORGFELDT, of New York city, int-hecounty in my former patent, madetheffinal detachand State of .N "k, haveinren ted a newv client amatter'of extreme diffic l y a nd great "peril to the persons underttk"In the accompanying draw letters A represent the rows of join tsg whichbare'connected by cross-bars.

substantially as described i Between every pair sp between the respeifilled .with flexible bags .0

'ch I prefer to construct 0 I To an whom it 'inoty 0mm:

p Whenf n Bladder 7 his, w1th its upper end; sf ured .Wale,rail, 0r sideof the vess moreconvenient f0 I heRnSecf rope ladder I p n the ropeladder a s saryto cut or unfasten the connecting cords or fastenings a abetween the ladder and the raft.

Suitable lines should be provided on the raft to enable boats of rescueto be fastened thereto.

I claim as my invention- 1. A life-raft composed of two or more sets ofjointed floats, which are connected by traverses, and of a series ofreversible bags, 0 G, in the spaces formed by said floats and traverses,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The eombination of the liferaft, composed of the floats A A andtraverses 'B B, with the rope ladder E, which is an attachment of saidraft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

NICHOLAS H. BORGFELDT.

Witnesses:

ERNEST O. WEBB, A. MORAG-A.

